Ernie Altschuler

American independent producer and label executive at Columbia and RCA Victor. Born: 1923 in Bronx, New York. Dead: May 12, 1973 in New York City, New York. Article taken from 10 Apr 1965 edition of Billboard Magazine: "Alischuler Is Upped at Columbia NEW YORK - Ernst Altschuler has been promoted to executive producer by Columbia Records. He will report to Robert Mersey, pop a&r director, and will be responsible for supervising the production of all pop album product and related a&r activities. Reporting to Altschuler will be producers Michael Berniker, Teo Macero, John Simon and Thomas Wilson. Altschuler joined Columbia as a producer in 1958. Before that he was an engineer with the CBS Radio Division."